By Marwan Makdesi HOMS, Syria, May 9 (Reuters) - Around 270 Syrian rebels granted safe exit under a complex Deal with President Bashar al-Assad's forces are being held in Homs by the army after insurgents elsewhere failed to uphold their side of the agreement, Syrian officials said on Friday. Following a year of siege, around 1,200 rebels and residents in the Old City of Homs left the city on buses this week in exchange for the release of dozens of captives held by rebels in the **rthern provinces of Aleppo and Latakia. Officials said rebels had also agreed to allow aid into two **rthern Shi'ite towns besieged by the opposition, Nubl and al-Zahraa, but as of Friday a convoy of food and medical relief was stuck at insurgent checkpoints outside the towns. The officials, who spoke on condition of a**nymity, said that the remaining 270 rebels will only be let out of Homs when the aid reaches Nubl and Zahraa.
05-12-2014, 08:22 AM
Deal breakdown leaves 270 rebels trapped in Syria's Homs
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